I-Mount Shasta ingenye yezintaba ezinhle kakhulu zaseCalifornia
"Ngesikhathi ngiqala ukuyibuka phezu kwezigqoko eziboshwe eSigramento Valley, ngangingamakhilomitha angama-50 ngakude futhi ngifika, ngedwa futhi ngikhathele. Kodwa yonke igazi lami laphenduka iwayini, futhi angikhathele kusukela." Yilokho okwakusondelene nesayensi yemvelo yangekhulu lesishiyagalolunye uJohn Muir wachaza umonakalo weS Mount Shasta kuye ngo 1874.
UMair wayengeyena kuphela owathi iNtaba iShasta ingenye yezintaba ezinhle kakhulu emhlabeni.
Lapho ibhekwa enyakatho ikhuphuka ngaphezu kwezwe elizungezile, i-Shasta ifana neJapane i-Mt Fuji.
Ngokwemibandela engaphezulu, i-Mount Shasta nayo iyinhloko enkulu kunazo zonke ze-volcanic emazweni ase-United States anezintandokazi. Kuyinto intaba ephakeme kakhulu enye yezindawo eziphakeme kunazo zonke ezikhuphuka emhlabeni wonke, futhi ukuphakama okuphakeme kwamamitha angu-14,162. Lokho kungamamitha angu-4,317 noma ama-2.7 wamamitha aphezulu, kuphela okufutshane nje kuneMount Whitney ngamamitha angu-14,505 - futhi i-Whitney iyintaba ende kunazo zonke e-United States enomdlandla.
Yini Ekhona Yokubona eNtabeni Shasta?
Ungabuka eNtabeni Shasta ukude, noma ungayikhuphuka. Uma usendaweni, uzothola izinto eziningi zokwenza .
Ukubuka kwekhadi lekhasi le-Mount Shasta elithile eliqhathaniswa neNtaba yaseFujiji yaseJapane : Drayivu enyakatho nge-I-5 kuya ku-Weed bese enyakatho nge-US Hwy 97. Kusukela kulokhu, i-Mount Shasta iphakamisa cishe yedwa, i-glaciers ehlangothini lwayo olusenyakatho likhanya ilanga. Kulula ukuqonda ukuthi kungani i-Californian yokuqala uJoaquin Miller eyichaza ngokuthi: "Lona sengathi unguNkulunkulu nomhlophe njengenyanga yasebusika."
Izizathu Zokuvakashela Intaba Shasta
- Uma usendaweni, awukwazi ukusiza kodwa ubone iNtaba ye-Shasta. Abantu abaningi baphendula nge-intanethi ukuthi kuhle kanjani. Lokhu kungase kwanele.
- Uma ufuna ukubuka okuseduze, shayela ekupheleni komgwaqo omejiwe wamamayela angu-15 ukusuka eNtabeni Shasta City. Uma unamabhayisikili, uzokwazi ukutshela ukuthi ama-patches amhlophe phezulu angama-glaciers. Ngasentshonalanga, uzophinde ubone i-Castle Crags ibheke phezulu ibanga elifana neminwe.
- Abanye abantu bafuna ukuyikhuphuka. Kusukela ekupheleni komgwaqo, kungaphezu kokuya kwe-mile kuya phezulu. Kuyinto inselelo enzima efuna imishini efanele nokulungiselela.
- Ebusika ebusika, ungadabula esikhwameni se-Mt Shasta Ski Park.
- Ababuyekezi abaningi be-intanethi baxoxa nangezici ezingokomoya zentaba futhi bacabanga ukuthi kunamandla amakhulu kakhulu.
Izizathu Zokudlula I-Shasta
- Uma ungafuni ukuyikhuphuka noma uhambe ngezinyathelo, akukho okunye okumelwe ukwenze ngaphandle kokubukeka.
Amathiphu okuvakashela i-Mount Shasta
- Letha ama-binoculars ukuze ubone imininingwane eyengeziwe
- Hamba usuku oluhle kakhulu uma unamandla
- Umgwaqo ovela edolobheni ungavala uma kukhanya
Umlando we-Mount Shasta othakazelisayo
AbaseMelika baseMelika bathi iNtaba iShasta yiWigwam Yomoya Omkhulu, nokuthi yenze intaba kuqala.
Amahlathi amadala emisidala ekhulile okwakungakaze agubungele iNtaba uShasta yanyamalala ngenxa yezimbangela eziningi kakhulu. Izinkuni zaziwa kakhulu kangangokuthi njengoba nje nje ngawo-1970, ingxenye yamapensela enkuni emhlabeni ayenziwe kuwo.
Abantu baqala ukukhuphuka eNtabeni Shasta ngo-1854. Ekupheleni kweminyaka ye-1860, abagibeli bezintombi babegqoke izingubo, futhi abesifazane bekhuphuka ngezingubo ezigcwele. Namuhla, abagibeli abagqoka ngendlela ehlukile, futhi bavame ukuqasha umhlahlandlela wendawo ukuze babasize, kodwa ukuthakazelisa kokufinyelela kule ngqungquthela kuhlala.
UJohn Muir wayemthanda iNtaba iShasta. Ungase ujabulele i-akhawunti yakhe ye-1877 yokukhuphuka.
Okudingeka Ukwazi NgeNtaba yaseShasta
I-Mount Shasta ingamakhilomitha angu-200 enyakatho yeSacramento. Ukuyifinyelela ngomgwaqo omkhulu, phuma I-5 kuLake Street e-Mount Shasta City, bese ulandela uLake Street empumalanga ukuya e-Everitt Memorial Highway. Ehlobo, ungakwazi ukushayela yonke indlela kuze kube sekupheleni komgwaqo cishe ukuphakama kwamamitha angu-7 900.